Videos

I finally figured out how to edit my videos, so here's 4.

Sam and Rachel having a "conversation" These are both the same video, it uploaded twice, for some reason, and won't let me delete it.

Josh got this dump truck that you can take apart and put back together with a little drill. Josh is really good at using it!

The other one is Josh saying "Eye wuv you!"

Sam eating a puff. He's much better at it now.

My Little Cowboys

The other night I put the boys both in jeans and their "western" shirts and cowboy boots for church, and we had a photo shoot on the stairs after we got home. I think they turned out really cute!

Brothers
Aww...cute little boy behinds!
Cheesy little boy!
He got so excited, he was jumping up and down when I took this picture!
Being silly
The slightly more stationary one...love that smile!
"Look at the camera, Sam! Right there!"
One of the only ones where both are looking at the camera and at least sort of smiling.
Boots and Jeans
One of the best!
Josh just doesn't get the concept of "natural" smiles in pictures! But they're still awfully cute, aren't they??

Sam is 6 months old!

So these pix were actually taken on the 2nd...whoops! I'd put him in the middle of his floor to play, and went back to check on him a couple of min. later, and couldn't find him!! I heard him giggling and cooing, and looked under his crib...here's what I found!

Silly boy!
Sam is:

• rolling (obviously!)
• getting up on hands and knees...not for long, but he does it!
• chewing on EVERYTHING!
• eating lunch and dinner with "real" food...fruits/veg and rice cereal. So far he's had green beans, peas, sweet potatoes, carrots, corn casserole, applesauce, oatmeal and apples, peaches, bananas, apples and blueberries, sweet potato puffs, teething cookies, apple slices (he just gnawed on them), fruit and yogurt, and I think that's about it.
• recognizes (we think) his Daddy on the computer and talks to him
• chews on his toes and fingers all the time
• still uses a binky and still mostly sleeps on his tummy
• can pinch like nothing else...it HURTS!
• has 3 teeth, and will probably have more very soon. The third one is a top tooth, but just beside the middle...no middle top teeth yet. Go figure, my kid has to be different!
• loves his seahorses
• loves to chew on his bibs, clothes, burpcloths, etc. Have I mentioned he shoves everything in his mouth?
• still has the SWEETEST smile ever!
• is getting thicker hair
• talks and coos a lot
• loves his brother, and really would like to get closer to the dog!
• has a very sweet spirit, but definitely wants what he wants when he wants it...OR ELSE!
• is my very favorite Sam Henry in the WHOLE WORLD!

Josh is 3!

Well, he turned 3 almost a month ago, but his check up was later in the month, and I've just now gotten around to actually downloading these pix.

Anyway, Josh weighs 35.5 lbs, and measures 37.5" tall. (I think he might actually have another 1/2 inch, but he wasn't too clear on the concept of putting his heels against the wall and standing up really straight when the nurse put the measuring thingy on his head)

He's healthy, and, according to the growth chart I just looked up online, he looks like he's about 75 %ile for height, and 10th for weight, though that doesn't really seem right...I might be reading it wrong.

Things Josh can do:

• set the table
• pee in the potty...he very rarely has an accident of any sort...but refuses to poop in the potty, just waits for a diaper/pull up mostly. We're working on it, but if anyone has any great ideas for us, we're open for suggestions!!
• sing several songs (Twinkle Little Star, ABC's, etc), including his own that he likes to make up on a daily basis
• loves to do "art"
• is learning his letters and knows how to count reliably up to 13 or so...and with help can count to 20. He can also count to 5 in spanish, german, and french (with help, of course)
• plays pretend all the time...and is VERY imaginative!!
• likes his brother a lot more now, and can be very helpful with him
• feeds the dog and lets him in and out every day
• still won't eat vegetables (mostly), and is still iffy on meat of any kind, but will now eat ham and cheese sandwiches (I think that's Sydney's doing...she eats them, and Josh LOVES Sydney!)
• Speaking of Sydney...he's so cute with her, and very protective. When she cries or gets hurt he tries to help her and tells her, "It's OK, Sydney"
• Loves Dora, Diego, Little Einsteins, and Charlie and Lola
• misses his Daddy very much, and likes to wave out the window to him when he goes to bed. AJ told him, before he left, that Josh's windows are to the east, and that Daddy was going to be in the East, so if he waved out his window, Daddy could wave back. It's very cute, and a little sad.
• has a HUGE vocabulary and uses words like "frustrated" and phrases like "not quite yet" correctly

I love my sweet big boy, and can't wait to see how he grows and develops even more through his next year!

Grandmom's Visit

My mom came to visit a couple of weeks ago for a few days. We had a lot of fun, despite the fact that I ended up getting sick while she was here.

Rachel and Sam "visiting."
Josh just loves climbing this ladder on our bookcase!
The finished track that Grandmom and Josh built together.
We had birthdays while she was here, and Josh got a dump truck that comes all apart and has a drill and bolts to put it all back together...he loves it! And he's really good at getting it all apart and back together by himself! Such a pro...he's been watching his Daddy, I guess!
Putting the bolt back in
Josh in the middle of his track set up, running his train around. Yes, that's a bandaid on his head...he bumped it, and insisted he needed one, so I decided not to make it an issue.
Playing with the ambulance that came with his emergency center.
Sam is sitting up pretty well...likes playing with stuffed animals
Babyzilla!
Diving in for more geotrax
Wow, look at this!
Just so you know, that shirt smelled like chocolate until I washed it. Not why I bought it, but a fun little bonus!
Josh helping Sam play with his penguin
Sam loved this penguin Grandmom got for him!
Josh dressed Grandmom up in his pirate stuff. She's gonna kill me for putting this pic up! (FYI, she's not just randomly holding her hand out, Josh made her hold the treasure.)
Playing Pirate
Grandmom and her grandsons!
They had so much fun with her (and so did I)!!

Thanks for coming out, Mom, and for everything you did for us while you were here! We miss you!

Chick-fil-a ice cream and a fire lilly

We went to Chick-fil-a a couple of weeks ago for kid's night, and they had ice cream toppings to choose from! So Evan and Josh had a blast picking out their toppings and eating it all up! They also had a great time playing together in the play area, and seeing the cow! My boys, of course, were completely infatuated with the girl that was leading the cow around, and later giving out the ice cream toppings. Josh asked to sit with her at her table, and Sam didn't even notice the 10 foot tall cow in front of him, because he was so busy flirting with this girl! I'm going to have my hands full when these two get older!

Josh loves ice cream!

So does Evan!
The cow. I think Josh must have run out of the shot as I was getting the camera ready or something, but I think that's Evan, grabbing the cow's hand...hoof?

Our garden is full of surprises...every few days/weeks something new will pop up, and we wait for it to bloom to find out what it is! It's so exciting! This one is gorgeous...Mom said it's a fire lilly. I loved it!

Sam's first teething cookie and sippy cup

What a big boy! This was a while ago, but it was his first time to drink out of a sippy...as you can tell, he loved it! He didn't drink much, but the cold water felt good while he chewed on the spout!

What a mess! (A blurry mess...sorry, didn't realize how blurry some of these were till after I posted them.)